The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-21
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A San Francisco concern is making
handsome pressed brick ont of coal
ashes and cinderS. These bricks have
stood the severest tests for strength.
and are made without baking or burn.
ing.
Two astronomers of the Grand Du-
cal observatory. Carlsruhe, have made
the remarkable observation that the dis.
of the planet Uranus appears distinctly
elliptical instead of perfectly circular.
-L-sansa,U Trareler.
Russia has ass cotton mills with
80, 165 looms, where so. 500 workmen
find employment. producing goods
worth So, 900. 900 per annum. Liner
is made in 81 factories, which furnish
employment to 25.5O0 workmen.
"A new theory of the final destruc-
ton of the earth is that the polar ice is
penetrating the interior Of the globe
like wedge, and that as soon Is it
reaches the furnace there will be an ex-
plOsion that will split the world into
pieces too small for truck patches
Frank Leylic's Newspaper.
-Carbonic acid, produced by the
action of vinegar on marble. is supposed
to have been used as an anasthetic by
the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. NJ,
Oh Ozanam reports TO the Paris Bio
logical Society that anasthesia induced
by carbOnic acid is very complete. may
last long time. and the gas. of course,
being mixed with air, is without danger.
Boston Budget.
Professor Thomson is quoted as
predicting that when the means of
utilizing the power of creating quick
heating by electricity is better under
stood, it will be used in every workshop
for welding, forging, and other pur-
poses. 1t would be well for our man.
ufacturers to watch the progress of the
adaptation of electricity to manufacture
ing purpOses.-Th, Age of Steel.
Augusta, Ga.. has twelve cotton
factories worth $3.50. 900. employing
1926 persons, who operate PIP, 336
spindles. Water-power costs s.. so per
horsepower there; in New England it
costs Si2 1t would not pay to use coal
if it were furnished for nothing. About
5000 bales of cotton are consumed
annually.
Prof. Julius WieSmcr has conducted
an investigation on the reasons why
paper becomes yellow on standing ex-
posed to the light. He shows that the
following of wood pulp paper is an
oxidation process caused by light, and
that moisture aids it very much. If
the paper pulp is entirely free from
matters other than cellulOse. the vel
lowing will not take place.-M Y In-
dependent.
AS guide to the observation of
travellers and explorers, DR.. TOpinard,
the well-known French anthropolOgist,
has published system of classifying
eye-cOlors and hair-colOrs. He makes
four eye-colors-dark, medium, light
blue, and other light hues; and five
air-colors-black, dark-brown, me-
dunn, blonde and red. By recording
the characteristic colors of the eyes and
hair of savage people according to this
classification, travellers will give an
accuracy to their observations which is
now often wanting.-N. Y. Ledger.
"A new trade for women is that of
"neighbOrhOod darner." The woman
who follows it has for her customers a
dozen or twenty households, each of
which she visits weekly, and spends a
few hours in doing up the family darn
ing and mending, including the ripping
and cleansing of old gowns. Her en-
gagements are systematized and she
never lacks work. Some of these
members make a specially of repairing
lace and other delicate fabrics. The
pay is fairly good, and the professional
member is a greae blessing to busy
housekeepers with large families
Golden Rule.